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9 months after profitable the fifth-largest jackpot in Mega Thousands and thousands historical past, the lone winner has submitted the $1.128 billion ticket to start the method of gathering the prize.
The ticket was drawn at a Monmouth County ShopRite in Neptune Township and matched the profitable numbers of 07, 11, 22, 29 and 38 in addition to the Gold Mega Ball quantity 04 and the multiplier variety of 02 on March 26.
The New Jersey participant has chosen to stay nameless, in keeping with the New Jersey Lottery. A 2020 state legislation permits lottery winners to stay nameless indefinitely, and the identification of winners is not going to be included in supplies out there to public inspection underneath the State’s Open Public Information Act. Gamers claiming Lottery prizes price no less than $600 should nonetheless present their identification to Lottery officers to assert a prize.
Mega Thousands and thousands is a lottery sport costing $2 per play the place gamers decide 5 numbers from 1 to 70 and a one gold Mega Ball quantity from 1 to 25. If a participant does not need to decide the quantity, they’ll do a Fast Choose the place the machine will randomly decide their numbers.
To win the jackpot, a participant should match all six numbers, together with the Mega Ball.
This is what you want to know the following drawing:
When do Mega Thousands and thousands drawings happen? Listed below are the Mega Thousands and thousands drawing days
Mega Thousands and thousands drawings happen each week on Tuesdays and Fridays.
What time are Mega Thousands and thousands drawings?
Mega Thousands and thousands drawings happen at 11 p.m. Jap, which is 10 p.m. Central, 9 p.m. Mountain, and eight p.m. Pacific time.
What days are Powerball drawings?
Powerball drawings happen Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59 p.m.
When is the following Mega Thousands and thousands drawing?
The subsequent Mega Thousands and thousands drawing will likely be held Tuesday, Dec. 24 at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT.
What’s the Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing?
The jackpot for Friday’s drawing at present sits at an estimated $970 million, with a money possibility of $439.9 million.
If gained at $970 million, it might be the most important prize ever gained in December and the seventh-largest within the sport’s historical past, in keeping with Mega Thousands and thousands.
How a lot does a Mega Thousands and thousands ticket value?
Mega Thousands and thousands tickets at present prices $2 to play in 2024.
Beginning in April, Mega Thousands and thousands tickets will bounce from $2 to $5, however the lottery stated that worth enhance will result in larger prizes.
When was the final Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot gained?
The final time a participant gained the Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot was on Sept. 10, when the jackpot was $800 million.
The profitable ticket was offered in Texas. It was gained by the Sol Residing Belief of Sugar Land, Texas.
Previous to that, a $552 million jackpot was gained June 4 in Illinois and a $1.128 billion prize was gained in New Jersey in Neptune Township on March 26.
Legal professional Andrew Stoltmann has represented 12 lottery winners, a lot of whom misplaced all their winnings by dangerous investments, reckless spending and grasping relations. “Unfortunately, the people who win the lottery think at that point, the journey is over. And what they don’t realize is that the journey has really just begun,” says the Chicago-based Stoltmann.
High Mega Thousands and thousands jackpots in historical past
The highest Mega Thousands and thousands jackpots in historical past are:
$1.602 billion – 8/8/2023 – 1 profitable ticket in Florida
$1.537 billion – 10/23/2018 – 1 profitable ticket in South Carolina
$1.348 billion – 1/13/2023 – 1 profitable ticket in Maine
$1.337 billion – 7/29/2022 – 1 profitable ticket in Illinois
$1.128 billion – 3/26/2024 – 1 profitable ticket in New Jersey
$1.050 billion – 1/22/2021 – 1 profitable ticket in Michigan
$862 million – 12/20/2024 – set for Friday’s drawing, quantity is an estimate
$810 million – 9/10/2024 – 1 profitable ticket in Texas
$656 million – 3/30/2012 – 3 profitable tickets in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland
$648 million – 12/17/2013 – 2 profitable tickets in California and Georgia
In the event you or somebody you understand has a playing dependancy, please name the Nationwide Council on Drawback Playing at 1-800-522-4700 to talk to a counselor. Assist can also be out there by way of a web based peer assist discussion board at www.gamtalk.org, and extra assets may be discovered at NCPG web site.
